Lynn Henderson: The Ladies Who Sing With The Band

Lynn Henderson brings The Ladies Who Sing With The Band to Don’t Tell Mama. The bill identifies Henderson as the evening’s featured performer, while no additional performers or details of the program are listed. It is a cabaret appearance from a singer whose shows have paired songs with personal stories and drawn on the Great American Songbook.

A New Milford, Connecticut singer and New York cabaret performer, Henderson studied at Ohio University, singing with the Bob McGlothin dance band and appearing as a soloist with the university concert band. She describes a route “from big band vocalist to saloon singer to Handel soloist to cabaret singer.” Her earlier shows include A Skitch in Time and There’s Still a Little Starch Left: Reflections on Aging, Downsizing… and Mascara, and she has worked with music director and pianist Douglas J. Cohen, bassist Bob Sabin, director Barry Kleinbort and violinist Sara Caswell. BroadwayWorld’s Victoria Ordin writes that Henderson “projects a rare and pure joy,” while Marilyn Maye praises her “understanding, honesty and caring” with lyrics. Cabaret Scenes has called her narration “modestly” delivered and noted Cohen’s “catchy medleys and unexpected arrangements.”